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Inspiring
August 19, 2025
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large bounding box

what's this large bounding box here if I'm only selecting this red area??

 

Dave Creamer of IDEAS
Dave Creamer of IDEASCorrect answer
Community Expert
August 20, 2025

See if you have a stray pen point in your group. You may need to ungroup or use the Direct Selection tool.

Object>Path>Clean Up...

 

David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)

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Inspiring
August 20, 2025

not sure, I can't figure it out.

it happens when I select this whole group

 

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Dave Creamer of IDEAS
Community Expert
Dave Creamer of IDEASCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
August 20, 2025

See if you have a stray pen point in your group. You may need to ungroup or use the Direct Selection tool.

Object>Path>Clean Up...

 

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David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)
Ton Frederiks
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Community Expert
August 19, 2025

Looks like you have selected som point type too. Can you check what is selected in the Layers panel?

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